No more vague goals: 20 minutes to turn intentions into clear, shared commitments.
“We need to improve our offering”: everyone nods in the meeting, and three months later, nothing has changed. The cause is almost never a lack of effort: it’s vagueness. This module gives you a simple method to write, negotiate, and check your goals, whether you set them or receive them.
~20 min at your own paceKey skill: Setting SMART GoalsAvailable in FR + ENNo prerequisites
What you’ll take away
- the SMART framework to set a specific, measurable, time-bound goal together
- a way to negotiate a goal without a tug-of-war, by separating result from resources
- the three questions to ask yourself just before you commit to a goal
Who it’s for
Managers and team members, on both sides of the table: anyone who sets, receives, or negotiates goals.
Learning objectives
- Write a goal using the five SMART criteria, moving from a vague intention to a specific commitment.
- Negotiate a goal you receive: the expected result is rarely open to debate, but the resources almost always are.
- Check, before committing, that a goal is aligned, achievable, and planned for, using three simple questions.
- Rewrite a goal that depends too much on others as an action goal within your own control.
How does this module work?
The steps of the Adaptive module.
- Self-assessmentOn nine dimensions, to gauge current habits and guide the practice.
- Expert videoA ~10 min video with three pauses for reflection.
- Practice scenariosThe first two scenarios chosen from the self-assessment, then sixteen more, optional. Every answer gets feedback: what it leads to, and one way to improve.
- Dated commitmentOne action to try, written by the learner or chosen from the suggestions.
- Memo to downloadKey takeaways, questions, commitment, personal notes, and checklists.
Duration: ~20 min. Excluding bonus practice scenarios and optional in-depth content.
